Solution uses the power of PCIe and DMA to implement networking concepts in an SSD
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- November 14, 2013 -- — PLDA,
the industry leader in PCI Express® IP solutions and Fastor Systems, an
innovative provider of Solid State Drives for enterprise and cloud
applications, today announced the incorporation of PLDA’s PCIe IP with
advanced built-in DMA into an upcoming Fastor Systems’ NVMe Solid State
Drive.
Fastor
Systems’ architecture is the industry’s first and only fabric based SSD
in the marketplace today. The use of this non-blocking switch fabric
has enabled a multitude of disruptive benefits resulting in a new
generation of features and functions, or SSD 2.0. These benefits
include:
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Eliminates
the bus contention inherent in all existing SSDs, and results in higher
and more stable performance as well higher capacity and lower cost of
ownership
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Allows
the full performance potential of the Flash Memory to be unleashed,
which is not possible in any controller-centric architecture
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Enables dramatic reductions in implementation cost and power consumption through SSD virtualization
The
Fastor Systems NVMe SSD utilizes IP from PLDA to enable the high
performance levels required within their PCIe subsystem. The PLDA IP
provides an easy-to-use and fully configurable PCI Express interface IP
with integrated multi-channel DMA.
“The
integration of PLDA’s silicon-proven IP within Fastor Systems’ solid
state drive will result in a high-quality, integrated hardware and
software solution and we are proud to be a part of its creation” stated
Stephane Hauradou, CTO for PLDA.
According
to Daniel Mahoney, CEO of Fastor Systems, “PLDA’s IP provides dramatic
improvements in DMA performance in our PCIe interface block, allowing us
to fully demonstrate the performance potential of our new
architecture”. He added, “PLDA’s IP is well supported by their technical
staff, and it will be an important element in the ultimate success of
our product and the next generation SSD architecture which it embodies.”
Product Availability
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For
information on Fastor Systems, their upcoming NVMe SSD release and
their complete line of SSD solutions, visit them online at www.fastorsystems.com.
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PLDA
provides several silicon-ready PCIe with DMA IP solutions for Xilinx
and Altera FPGAs. All products are available now. For more information,
please visit www.plda.com.
About PLDA
PLDA
designs and sells intellectual property (IP) cores for FPGA and
System-on-Chip (SoC) that aim to accelerate time-to-market for embedded
electronic designers. PLDA specializes in high-speed interface protocols
and technologies such as PCIe, and Ethernet.
PLDA
IP cores are provided with a complete set of tools, including FPGA
prototyping cards, drivers and APIs, testbenches and benefit from a
global support and sales organization able to sustain over 2,000 ASIC
customers worldwide.
PLDA is a global company with offices in North America (San Jose, California) and in Europe (France, Italy and Bulgaria).
About Fastor Systems
Fastor
Systems is engaged in bringing future-proof solutions to the rapidly
growing Cloud and Enterprise SSD markets. Fastor’s disruptive approach
will provide customers with vastly enhanced application performance,
reduced total cost of ownership and lower power consumption. Fastor’s
advantages scale with each new interface standard, and are adaptable to
all types of storage class memory media. Fastor represents the future of
SSDs.
